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of the vacation to reduce their weight, and several (Mon, Pec, and Gul) 

 abstained from food entirely on January 5 and 6. It must be remem- 

 bered, therefore, that the weights recorded in the curves for January 

 7 by no means represent the maximum increase during the Christmas 

 recess as a result of the freedom from the restricted diet. 



BODY-WEIGHT CURVES OF SQUAD B. 



From the data already given in table 10 it can be seen that most 

 of the men in Squad B had a tendency to increase in weight during 

 the academic year. These increases are shown in the body-weight 

 curves for the men in Squad B (figs. 69 to 73). With Har, Fis, 

 Sne, and Lon there was considerable fluctuation in the weight prior 

 to the dietetic restriction, but in general the body-weight tended 

 to increase. The extreme regularity of the curve following the 

 dietetic restriction is, however, strikinq;ly significant. These men were 

 all given a diet containing approximately 1,400 net calories. The 

 resultant fall in body-weight is markedly uniform and to such a degree 

 that the curves might almost be superimposed in many instances. 

 When one considers that we deal here with men of varying initial 

 weights and varying activities, this uniformity is indeed surprising. 

 An exception to this uniform fall in weight is shown by the curve for 

 Kim, whose loss in weight was less than that for any of the other men in 

 Squad B. Kim was, however, one of the men who was most deficient 



Kgs. 



Oct.7 Oct.27 Nov.16 Dec.6 Dec. 26 Jan.l5 



Fig. 69. — Body-weight curves of Fis, Ham, and Sne. 



